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Monday, December 10, 2012

Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPE

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Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPE

Holy Shroud of Turin

Syrian "rebels" make unified military command ~ link ~ link ~ Syrian “rebel” militia groups established a new unified command last
Friday in talks in Turkey, attended by officials from the US, Britain,
France, the Gulf States and Jordan. Around 500 delegates elected a
30-member Supreme Military Council and a chief of staff.

The US
and its allies pushed for the revamping of the military command, as they
previously had with the anti-Assad political leadership, in order to
tighten their control over opposition forces in preparation for a more
aggressive intervention into Syria.

Assad's strategy shift keeps "rebels" at gates of Damascus ~ link ~A rebel assault on Damascus has failed to make serious gains in the
Syrian capital, diplomats have said, warning that the struggle between
the regime of Bashar al-Assad and the opposition is now likely to drag
on longer than had been expected.

The diplomats say that the Syrian government has adopted a new
strategy in recent weeks whereby it withdraws its troops from bases that
are indefensible in order to concentrate them in Damascus and other
cities it views as strategically crucial. This pull-back enabled the
army to launch a successful counter offensive in the past week,
relieving the military pressure on the capital and improving its
negotiating position.

"The government says it made a strategic
choice not to defend smaller outposts," says one analyst in Damascus who
did not want to be named.

Russia and USA in Geneva talks over future of Syria ~ link ~ Russian and American diplomats have met in Geneva to discuss the future of Syria
with the UN envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, according to the Russian foreign
minister, Sergey Lavrov, who insisted the meeting did not imply Moscow
had softened in its support for the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad.

Lavrov
said the 'brainstorming session' involving Brahimi with senior
officials from Washington and Moscow, had been agreed last week when
Lavrov, Brahimi and the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, met in
Dublin.

Economic crisis fuels military intervention as the chemical weapons "threat" becomes the New Pretext for War ~ link ~ There is no real separation between what is happening in the economic and political spheres and the military one. The driving force is the tiny demonic super-elite, the Global Banking Cartel families headed by the Rothschild Empire. What is happening with Syria/Iran and Israel/GCC states etc. is not really about that part of the world but about the End Game Strategy to implement the satanic New World Order global high-tech slave state with far, far fewer of us "unnecessary eaters". The Middle East is being used to trigger a new global war, the Third World War, which will be the Armageddon of the Bible.Stirling

Vatican calls for World Government and a New World Order ~ link ~ Anyone who is really aware of what is/has been happening within the ranks of the Catholic clergy should not be surprised at this. The Church of Rome has largely gone over to the 'other side' with its decades of child abuse and 60% of its clergy now gay. The majority of people that I have known, that have gone to prison, have been Catholic priests. It did not use to be that way, but it is the great falling away from the faith by many of the hierarchy and priests that was warned of in various apparitions of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Stirling

The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has called for the
establishment of World Government and a New World Order.

In a speech made at the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
on Monday December 3 2012, the Pope called for the “construction of a
world community, with a corresponding authority,” to serve the “common
good of the human family”.﻿

As a means of defending global peace and justice, the pope’s vision for
the establishment of World Government and a New World Order is
supposedly not to create a new superpower, but a new governing body that offers to those (politicians) who are responsible for making decisions, criteria for judgment and practical guidelines.

Egypt: Military warns of 'disastrous consequences' ~ link ~ The military said serious dialogue
is the "best and only" way to overcome the nation's deepening conflict
over a disputed draft constitution hurriedly adopted by Islamist allies
of President Mohammed Morsi, and recent decrees granting himself near-absolute powers.

"Anything other than that
(dialogue) will force us into a dark tunnel with disastrous
consequences; something which we won't allow," the statement said. It
was read by an unnamed military official on state television.

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi issued a decree Sunday giving army
officers the authority for the next week to make arrests with a view to
“maintaining public order.” Calling in the military to supplement the
police is an indication of the reactionary preparations taking place
behind the scenes as the political crisis deepens in Egypt.

The
new Law 107 puts the military in control of security measures during the
week leading up to a December 15 referendum on a new constitution for
Egypt, drafted by a commission controlled by Mursi’s Freedom and Justice
Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, the group that
represents the Islamist faction of Egyptian big business.

Italy's worst 5-days in 6 months ~ link ~ It's all good. That's what Monti says about the political 'vacuum'
being left behind. Sure enough those cagey bond chaps did not like the
news and with Italian and Spanish bond spreads now wider by 40-50bps in
the last 4 days, and Italy seeing its worse 5-day run in over 6 months, one could be forgiven for believing some semblance of sanity was returning to pricing in Europe. But no. Stocks, on average, ended the day nicely green
- buoyed by a surge in the US into the European close. Spain and
Italy's stock markets did drop but regained a lot of the loss by the
close. Credit markets (IG, HY, and financials) remain notable underperformers
- just unable to muster the enthusiasm of equity holders into year-end.
Europe's VIX rose to 17.4% - breaking back north of the US VIX (after
recoupling last week). EURUSD is going out unchanged from Friday's close - having traded 50 pips lower early last night.

Italian spreads are at one-month wides, broken above their 50DMA, and
have seen the biggest 5-day widening since early April 2012... but
apart from that - all is well.

Europe clings to scorched-earth ideology as Depression deepens ~ link ~ Like the generals of the First World War, Europe’s leaders seem determined to
send wave after wave of their youth into the barbed wire of tight money,
bank deleveraging, and fiscal austerity a l’outrance.

The strategy of triple-barrelled contraction across a string of inter-linked
countries has been the greatest policy debacle since the early 1930s. The
outcome over the last three years has been worse than forecast at every
stage, and in every key respect.

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I hold several ancient Scottish titles, Earl of Stirling, Viscount of Canada, Viscount of Stirling, Lord Alexander of Tulibody (1630), Lord Alexander of Tulibody (1633), etc., Chief of Clan Alexander, I also hold several honorific old Canadian great offices-of-state: Lord Lieutenant and Governor of Canada, Lord High Admiral of Nova Scotia, Lord Lieutenant of Nova Scotia, Lt.-Gen. of Nova Scotis (first Lord Stirling was founder of English speaking Canada in the early 1600s). I hold 3 degrees: B.Sc. in Pol. Sc. & History; M.A. in European Studies; B.Sc. in Education. I have worked on 3 addtional degrees: M.T.S. (theology); LL.B. (English Law); M.S. (Criminal Justice). I am former Scottish Editor at Burke's Peerage in London. I also hold several Scots/Canadian feudal titles. I am a widower. I have a published book, CASH FOR PEERAGES: THE SMOKING GUN, www.lulu.com/content/953682 . Listing for me as Chief of Clan Alexander at www.electricscotland.com/webclans/chiefs.htm
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